9Peaks - Namahadi Traditional Cache
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Placed as No.5 in a series of 9 caches on the top of the highest mountain in each Province in South Africa. Namahadi at 3275m is the highest point in the Free State and accessible via the chain ladders at the Sentinel. On the day we placed the cache the temperature at the top was about 2 deg and we walked for hours in freezing mist - an amazing experience!
This started as these things usually do, with a throw away comment over a beer, a typical...why don't we... moment. Then it kind of grew and grew until 9Peaks9Weeks was born. We have decided to try and climb the highest peak in every province in SA, sort of like a mini 7-Summits, just without the extreme cost and life-threatening danger that that involves. To make it a bit more of a mission we will also try to do it within 9 weeks. In itself it's not the most difficult thing to do, but with two middle aged chaps juggling family and job responsibilities it is a bit of a challenge. We'll be starting our challenge with climbing Iron Crown in Limpopo Province on Friday the 4th of October 2013, and hopefully ending with Seweweekspoort Peak in Western Cape on Friday 29th of November. Below is a full list of the Peaks and their respective heights. The Peaks – in the order we hope to climb. Iron Crown 2126 m Limpopo Province Die Berg 2331 m Mpumalanga Nooitgedacht West 1806 m North West Province Toringkop 1913 m Gauteng Province Namahadi 3275 m Free State Mafadi 3451 m Kwazulu Natal (and highest point in SA) Kwa Duma 3019 m Eastern Cape Murch Point 2156 m Northern Cape Seweweekspoort 2325 m Western Cape
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